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Fish and fishery historical data since the 19th century in the Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean
Fortibuoni, T.; Libralato, S.; Arneri, E.; Giovanardi, O.; Solidoro, C.; Raicevich, S. (2017). Fish and fishery historical data since the 19th century in the Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean. Scientific Data 4: 170104. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.104
In: Scientific Data. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 2052-4463; e-ISSN 2052-4463
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Fortibuoni, T.; Libralato, S.; Arneri, E.; Giovanardi, O.; Solidoro, C.; Raicevich, S. (2017). Erratum: Fish and fishery historical data since the 19th century in the Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean. Scientific Data 5: 180144. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.144, more
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Keywords
    Biodiversity
    Marine biology
Author keywords
    Community ecology

Authors  Top | Datasets 
  • Fortibuoni, T.
  • Libralato, S.
  • Arneri, E.
  • Giovanardi, O.
  • Solidoro, C.
  • Raicevich, S.

Abstract
    Historic data on biodiversity provide the context for present observations and allow studying long-term changes in marine populations. Here we present multiple datasets on fish and fisheries of the Adriatic Sea covering the last two centuries encompassing from qualitative observations to standardised scientific monitoring. The datasets consist of three groups: (1) early naturalists’ descriptions of fish fauna, including information (e.g., presence, perceived abundance, size) on 255 fish species for the period 1818–1936; (2) historical landings from major Northern Adriatic fish markets (Venice, Trieste, Rijeka) for the period 1902–1968, Italian official landings for the Northern and Central Adriatic (1953–2012) and landings from the Lagoon of Venice (1945–2001); (3) trawl-survey data from seven surveys spanning the period 1948–1991 and including Catch per Unit of Effort data (kgh−1 and/or nh−1) for 956 hauls performed at 301 stations. The integration of these datasets has already demonstrated to be useful to analyse historical marine community changes over time, and its availability through open-source data portal will facilitate analyses in the framework of marine historical ecology.

Datasets (12)
  • Early naturalists’ accounts (1818-1936) on the Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) fish fauna
  • Historical landings for the lagoon of Venice (Italy) between 1945 and 2001
  • Historical landings from the Rijeka (Croatia) fish market between 1914 and 1932
  • Historical landings from the Trieste (Italy) fish market between 1902 and 1968
  • Historical landings from the Venice (Italy) fish market between 1905 and 1927
  • Italian official Adriatic (Mediterranean Sea) landings between 1953 and 2012
  • Trawl survey data from the Jabuka Pit area (central-eastern Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean) collected between 1956 and 1971
  • Trawl-survey data from the “expedition Hvar” in the Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean) collected in 1948-1949
  • Trawl-survey data from the Pipeta Expedition in the Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean) collected in 1982
  • Trawl-survey data from the Pipeta programme in the Northern Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean) collected in 1988 and 1991
  • Trawl-survey data in the Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean) collected in 1972, 1975 and 1981
  • Trawl-survey data in the central-eastern Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean) collected in 1957 and 1958

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